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The Constitution provides checks and balances among the three branches of the federal government Its authors expected the greater power to lie with Congress as described in Article One, Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol Washington Monument the White House Smithsonian Institution Building Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral; . ! Charles Humphreys Pennsylvania 1 Yes .. in consequence of the late disgraceful conduct of the American troops in the wanton destruction of private property on the north shores of Lake Erie in order that if the war with the United States continues you may should you judge it advisable assist in inflicting that measure of retaliation which shall deter the enemy from a repetition of similar outrages. . . John Penn North Carolina 2 Yes Yes In the final months of his presidency Washington was assailed by his political foes and a partisan press who accused him of being ambitious and greedy while he argued that he had taken no salary during the war and had risked his life in battle He regarded the press as a disuniting "diabolical" force of falsehoods sentiments that he expressed in his Farewell Address. At the end of his second term Washington retired for personal and political reasons dismayed with personal attacks and to ensure that a truly contested presidential election could be held He did not feel bound to a two-term limit but his retirement set a significant precedent Washington is often credited with setting the principal of a two-term presidency but it was Thomas Jefferson who first refused to run for a third term on political grounds. The Second Continental Congress approved the "Articles of Confederation" for ratification by the states on November 15 1777; the Congress immediately began operating under the Articles' terms providing a structure of shared sovereignty during prosecution of the war and facilitating international relations and alliances with France and Spain the articles were ratified on March 1 1781 at that point the Continental Congress was dissolved and a new government of the United States in Congress Assembled took its place on the following day with Samuel Huntington as presiding officer, 6 Conduct of the war John Mathews South Carolina 1 Yes Joint sessions of the United States Congress occur on special occasions that require a concurrent resolution from both House and Senate These sessions include counting electoral votes after a presidential election and the president's State of the Union address the constitutionally mandated report normally given as an annual speech is modeled on Britain's Speech from the Throne was written by most presidents after Jefferson but personally delivered as a spoken oration beginning with Wilson in 1913 Joint Sessions and Joint Meetings are traditionally presided over by the speaker of the House except when counting presidential electoral votes when the vice president (acting as the president of the Senate) presides.

. ! The United States delegation at the 1783 Treaty of Paris included John Jay John Adams Benjamin Franklin Henry Laurens and William Temple Franklin Here they are depicted by Benjamin West in his American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain the British delegation refused to pose and the painting was never completed, Peyton Randolph as president of the Continental Congress presided over creation of the Continental Association, Washington D.C is located in the United StatesWashington D.C.Washington D.C. . . Washington D.C state symbols On August 15 2012 the first Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived at Washington Dulles it was Ethiopian Airlines' first 787 & the first 787 received by an African carrier. By January 1 1808 when Congress banned further imports South Carolina was the only state that still allowed importation of slaves Congress allowed continued trade only in slaves who were descendants of those currently in the United States in addition US citizens could participate financially in the international slave trade and the outfitting of ships for that trade the domestic slave trade became extremely profitable as demand rose with the expansion of cultivation in the Deep South for cotton and sugar cane crops Slavery in the United States became more or less self-sustaining by natural increase among the current slaves and their descendants, Jefferson and Hamilton bitter rivals Formal painting of General George Washington standing in uniform as commander of the Continental Army. 10.1 Notes Elections are influenced by many variables Some political scientists speculate there is a coattail effect (when a popular president or party position has the effect of reelecting incumbents who win by "riding on the president's coattails") although there is some evidence that the coattail effect is irregular and possibly declining since the 1950s. Some districts are so heavily Democratic or Republican that they are called a safe seat; any candidate winning the primary will almost always be elected and these candidates do not need to spend money on advertising. But some races can be competitive when there is no incumbent If a seat becomes vacant in an open district then both parties may spend heavily on advertising in these races; in California in 1992 only four of twenty races for House seats were considered highly competitive, 8 Battalions District of Columbia Infantry {3 months unit-1861}, Mexican territorial claims relinquished in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in white.